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Brad Lyons unfazed as Kilmarnock aim to match high-flying Celtic at Rugby Park
Kilmarnock midfielder Brad Lyons is unfazed about facing high-flying Celtic at Rugby Park.
Killie beat Rangers in their last home game, a result that piled pressure on Gers boss Philippe Clement, and Derek McInnes' side have now beaten the Scottish Premiership's top two side, Celtic and Aberdeen twice each in Ayrshire since the start of last season. Celtic, however, pose a different threat this weekend, with Brendan Rodgers' side coming off the back of mightily impressive Champions League win over RB Leipzig midweek.
However, Lyons’ confidence is unshaken. He knows Killie are a force to be reckoned with when playing on their own patch and they are now close to breaking back in to the top-flight's top six.
The Northern Ireland international said: “We know Celtic’s qualities, they have quality players in every position, but so do we.
“We are not going into this game shying away from it. We know their quality, but we can give them a good go here.
“We are going to go in and back ourselves. It’s 11 players against 11 players out there. As I said before the Rangers game, we beat both Old Firm teams out there last year so why can’t we do it this year?
“We have that feeling of beating Celtic, we have that confidence, we know we can do it, so why can’t we do it again on Sunday?”
Killie have only lost three times at home in the past 11 months.
Lyons said: “Over the last three years since we came back up from the Championship, our home form has been really good.
“I don’t know whether it’s our home fans supporting us or the pitch, nobody likes coming and playing on the pitch. We are used to it, we train on it every day, we know the way the ball bounces and it can be different at times.
“Sometimes it can be the mentality thing. Hopefully we can use the home advantage to our benefit on Sunday.”
